Optional bamboo back cover for the Moto X is now available

An optional bamboo back cover for the Moto X is now available to order in the Moto Maker customization tool. The natural wood option costs an additional $100 over the regular back cover for the handset. Initial quantities of the bamboo back cover for the Moto X will be limited. Motorola will ship the first devices sporting the fashionable back plate in January. ...

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Now what might Amazon need a bunch of smartphone camera parts for?

Note: this is not what the Amazon phone looks like It's not much to go on, but a report has surfaced claiming that Amazon has ordered batches of camera modules for use in smartphones, indicating an Amazon smartphone may indeed be in the works. DigiTimes reports that Taiwanese company Primax Electronics received multiple orders from Amazon for compact camera...

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Holy pixels! Oppo Find 7 teased as first smartphone with 2K display

Forward, thousands of pixels at a time (credit: CNET) Apple may be the envy of the industry thanks to its 64-bit A7 mobile processor, but even the Retina Display will turn green with jealousy over a new Chinese smartphone with a whopping 2K pixel display. CNET reported today that the opening salvo in the battle for high-resolution smartphone displays...

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90 best free Android apps 2013

Top free apps for your Android phone or tablet The open source nature of Google's OS means there are plenty of fantastic apps for Android to be found. And most of the good stuff on Android is free, thanks to the work of developers who do it for love alone. So here's our pick of the top free Android apps you should install. 10 best tablet PCs in...

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Android 4.3 release date: when will you get it?

Jelly Beans all round? We hope so Android 4.3 Jelly Bean is old news, Google has already launches its successor in the form of Android 4.4 KitKat, but most devices are still waiting for 4.3 to arrive on screen. Manufacturers are slowly getting round to sorting out their Android 4.3 updates and we're keeping tabs on them every step of the way. While Google's...

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LG G Flex arrives in UK on December 20, but you can't have it yet

So close, and yet so far EE has confirmed that it will be displaying (yes displaying, not selling) the curved LG G Flex in the UK from December 20 in a handful of stores. The rather odd move from the network will allow customers to go to one of 10 EE stores to get hands on with the G Flex ahead of its official European launch in 2014 - but you won't actually...

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Pay day loans company served meaty penality for spamming millions

Neither a lender, nor a borrower be The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has served a penalty of £175,000 ($285,000, AU$319,000) to pay day loans company First Financial. An investigation discovered that the company was responsible for sending millions of unlawful spam texts. Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PERC), which govern electronic...

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Sony Z Ultra GPE gets Android 4.4.2

After Android 4.4.2 KitKat update made its way to the LG G Pad 8.3, HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4, today it's rolling out to the Sony Xperia Z Ultra Google Play Edition as well. The update comes with a number of bug fixes, with the most notable one being the fix, which now allows you to uninstall apps downloaded from the Google Play Store. Prior to the update, users...

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Windows Phone unlikely to close app gap before 2015

Lots of apps, but still way off the mark Microsoft is remaining bullish about the Windows Phone store, and has confirmed that it now boasts over 200,000 applications. That may sound like an impressive figure, but take a quick glance at the competition and you'll see both Android and iOS are hovering around the one million apps mark. Of course both Google's...

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The Android phone Nokia may or may not have been making may or may not have been shelved

RIP little guy Last week word broke that Nokia was working on an Android phone code-named Normandy - but now the rumour mill says the Nokia prototypes have been shelved. Chinese site CTech now says the cheap Android devices that Nokia has been experimenting with over the past couple of years will not see the light of day - supposedly this has nothing to...

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Samsung GamePad finally launches with broad Android appeal

Mobile gaming gets a console makeover We first caught sight of Samsung's GamePad back around the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S4 only for it to go AWOL, but now, finally, it's heading to stores and should be available in the UK within weeks. The Samsung Smartphone GamePad has changed a little in the months since we last saw it. It's now black rather than...

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Oppo confirms the Find 7 will have a 2K screen

The upcoming Oppo Find 7 is rumored to have a lot of cool specs, among which a 2K screen that's as big as 5.7". Oppo officially denied that the Find 7 will have a 5.7" screen (or a 7" one for that matter), but now the company is confirming the 2K resolution. !-- --> The 2K resolution in question (there are several) is probably QHD – no, not qHD, QHD or Quad HD (4x 720p). That's 2,560 x 1,440. #Find5 was the world’s first smartphone with a 5” 1080p display. #Find7 is taking it one step further. #AlwaysImprove pic.twitter.com/gSYadlgOrl—...

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Amazon drops Nokia Lumia 520 for AT&T GoPhone to $50

The Nokia Lumia 520 is subject to yet another price cut. This one comes from Amazon, which dropped the entry-level Windows Phone 8 handset for just $50 on AT&T's GoPhone pre-paid plan. That's with free shipping too. This is the same price as the initial Microsoft Store deal, but that was later changed to $60 (before taxes). $50 is a great deal for a phone with...

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